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Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

Yoshiwara: Floating Islands in Fuji Marsh (Yoshiwara, Fuji no numa ukishima ga hara)

Description

Maker

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (Japanese, 1797-1858, b. in Edo)
Tsutaya Kichizō 蔦屋吉蔵 (Japanese, c. 1830-1859, active in Edo, Japan), publisher

Title

Yoshiwara: Floating Islands in Fuji Marsh (Yoshiwara, Fuji no numa ukishima ga hara)
no. 15 from the series Famous Sights of the Fifty-Three Stations (Gōjusan tsugi meisho zue)
吉原　不二の沼浮島が原
五十三次名所図会

Period

Edo (Japanese period)

Year

1855, 7th month

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

ink and color

Supports

Geography

Place Made: Japan

Dimensions

Vertical ōban: 36.2 x 24.3 cm (14 1/4 x 9 9/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signature: Hiroshige hitsu

Seals: Censor's seal | aratame | Hare 7

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke

Object Number

20.1289

Type

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Prints by Hiroshige
Oct 31, 1961 – Nov 19, 1961

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Tombstone

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (Japanese, 1797-1858, b. in Edo)
Tsutaya Kichizō 蔦屋吉蔵 (Japanese, c. 1830-1859, active in Edo, Japan), publisher
Yoshiwara: Floating Islands in Fuji Marsh (Yoshiwara, Fuji no numa ukishima ga hara); no. 15 from the series Famous Sights of the Fifty-Three Stations (Gōjusan tsugi meisho zue); 吉原　不二の沼浮島が原; 五十三次名所図会, 1855, 7th month
Polychrome woodblock print
Vertical ōban: 36.2 x 24.3 cm (14 1/4 x 9 9/16 inches)
Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke 20.1289

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